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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "frank dawudu" <jnhgtf2@poczta.onet.pl>
Reply-To: <frankd000@gmx.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2010 17:32:29 -0700
Subject: pls consider this proposal

Hello My Dear
 
My name is Franklin Dawudu, a director in the federal ministry of petroleum resources, Nigeria.
I got your email address from a business directory in our chamber of commerce and industry.
Please give me your attention to introduce to you this business deal for you to assist me
execute for our mutual benefit. It is about €2.5m (two million, five hundred thousand Euros) only
over invoiced money that accrued from a supply contract of petroleum pipe line construction
equipment and accessories. The supply was made in 2005 by a foreign company with the official
contract value completely paid out to the foreign company in 2006 leaving behind at the vault the
€2.5m over invoiced sum which is now being prepared for payment. I am contacting you on the
full consent of my other colleague in the national petroleum corporation, who worked out and
approved the over invoiced sum. He has asked me to ensure that you that will be fronted to
receive the the money should be a credible person that can be trusted. The role you will play in
this is very simple. My ministry will present you as a foreign contractor that executed a contract
supply. The over invoiced sum will be approved in your name and paid out to you as the final part
of the outstanding sum of the total contract value. This will be approved for payment by the
concerned department. What will be required of you is to forward your personal details including
your full names, name of your company(if any), your personal/company address, your phone/
mobile and fax numbers, your age, profession/occupation. These information will be required to
fill the necessary forms that will facilitate the change over. I want to assure you that the transaction
is risk free and you should not be affraid of any legal breach because it is a carefully worked out
deal.However, strict confidentiality is much required to ensure smooth and successful transaction.
 
For your involvement to the successful conclusion of the deal, the transferred sum will be shared in
the ratio of 40:60. That is, you will retain 40% and we part with 60%. This is indeed not negotiable
as I and my other director colleague pegged it. If you consider this proposal and willing to accept
to assist realize it, then get back to me on email: frankde0@gmx.com for us to proceed. Take note
that the transaction will be executed under 14 days. I expect that you will accept to join me
execute this with utmost sincerity and trust. On a final note and very important, please do not
misinterpret this a scam as it may likely come to the bulk or junk side of your email box because of
its contents. It is not a scam like what is usually read on internet but a genuine and risk-free
business deal. I expect your reply accepting to execute this with me.
 
Thanks and Yours sincerely,
 
Franklin Dawudu
Director, Project Implementation Unit
federal ministry of petroleum resources
 

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